The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development

for Android Studio 3.0, covering the Android SDK through 8.0

Do you want current information about how to develop Android
apps? This book covers the latest Android Studio version and the
latest version of Android, plus all the information you need to
get your apps working on older devices. And, with updates coming
every couple of months via the Warescription, you
will keep up to date with new editions in PDF, EPUB, MOBI/Kindle,
and APK formats.

Do you want comprehensive information about how to develop Android
apps? This book contains over 200 chapters, covering everything
from the first steps in getting an app going to advanced development
techniques. If you download and install
the Android app edition of the book, you also have access to
20+ presentations on Android app development topics, called "appinars".

The Book's Structure

The book is divided into core chapters plus the trails.

The core chapters — representing ~800 pages — are set
up as a typical programming guide, covering the basics of getting an Android
app up and running. The book includes material on setting up your development
tools, constructing a user interface, loading data from a local database or
the Internet, handling the differences between phones and tablets, and much more.

The core chapters also include an integrated set of 16 tutorials, offering
you step-by-step guides for creating an Android application from scratch. Hence,
whether you "learn by reading" or "learn by doing", you have the material in the
core chapters to accomplish your goal.

The rest of the book comprises the trails. These are linked sets of chapters
covering advanced topics, organized by theme. However, while the core chapters
are designed to be read in sequence, the trails are designed to be read on an
as-needed basis, when you want to dive into those specific topics.

Details

Appinars

"Appinars" are presentations, blending audio, video, source code listings,
screencasts, and other media. The Android app edition of this book
gives you access to a library of appinars, on a variety of intermediate
Android development topics:

~3.5 hours on securing Android applications

~5.5 hours on user interfaces, including RecyclerView

~2.5 hours on storing data on the device and making it available to other apps

~3 hours on miscellaneous topics

If you subscribe and install the Android app that you download from
the Warescription site, open the
menu from the main book reader screen and choose "Community Theater",
where you can browse the available appinars, download the ones that
interest you, and play them back.